
AU engg. college declared as containment zone
The Hindu
66 hostellers who tested positive isolated, all others quarantined on campus
A day after 66 students tested COVID-19 positive at the hostels in the Andhra University College of Engineering (AUCoE), the district administration has declared the entire area as a containment zone. Barricades have been set up and adequate police force deployed to maintain the sanctity of the zone. However, District Collector V. Vinay Chand, after reviewing the situation, said there was no need to panic, as AU was a stray single incident and does not have the indication of the much talked of ‘second wave’. He also confirmed that all the cases were asymptomatic. AUCoE has around 1,300 hostellers and 900 were tested till Saturday morning and 66 had tested positive.More Related News